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Dorian the Tzimisce

"It's just business"

Name: Dorian Radahaw
Age; Apparent 25/ actual 92
Species: Kindred
Clan: Tzimisce
Discipline's: Vicissitude | Animalism | Auspex

Appearance: As above

Extra's

Personality: Curious, proper, polite, cold, calculating, slightly arrogant.
Biography:
1920's

He was born into a world that was changing. The war had ended. Women were feeling empowered and could vote. Prohibition led to bootlegging. Mickey Mouse was created and the first 'talkies' began. Bread became sliced and penicillin was discovered. America was exciting and prosperous. He had the perfect happy family unit.

1930's
Suddenly hit by the Great Depression his happy family fell under a lot of stress. Growing up in this time was not a lot of fun, he couldn't really remember the lavish lifestyle they had grown accustomed too but his parents did, and they took the loss hard. His father became a bitter alcoholic and his mother was miserable as she dreamed of greater things missed.
He was not a stranger to domestic violence or hunger. He found solace and silence hiding behind the lens of a camera. Capturing the tragedy that surrounded him.

Early 1940's
WWII began just as he was becoming a man. Pressured by his father he volunteered just to get away despite not really wanting to go. His time serving is a story in itself. His hobby and passion continued to grow. He was now considered a daring photographer and was becoming renown for his risqué raw portraits and truthfully brave war photos. He captured the fight in Italy before transferring to France where he himself was captured and became one of the many POW destined to never return home again.

Mid to late 1940's
He and the others had become a toy, a plaything, an experiment for sick sadistic supernatural creatures. Here he learned of the true darkness that had been existing alongside him all this time.
He was now awakened to the evils of the world. After what seemed like an eternity of torment he seized an opportunity to escape during a raid on the hideout.
He wasn't sure if it was military, religious or feudal, but he didn't care.

He remained in France and continued to practice his profession. It was there that he caught the attention of his future sire. A malicious selfish creature wrapped in false promises, fake intentions and a cunning smile.
At first she easily lured him with her mysterious beauty. A vain creature she was, stealing him to immortalise herself. He quickly learned of what she really was.

1950's

then the riches and glory of a celebrity lifestyle, later fear and threats became the motivator to stick around. They had many years together but as all things it would eventually come to an end.

Golden age of television,
The Catcher in the Rye is published by J. D. Salinger and invigorates the rebellious youth of the period, eventually earning the title of a Classic with its profound impact
Rock n roll enters mainstrene
In God we trust

1960's

1970's
When he eventually separated himself from her he reinvented himself by travelling afar and stealing a mortals identity.

1980's
Sought others

1990's

2000's
Sulked

2010's

A few years ago he returned to LA. A place that in their early kindred years was full of wild, rich and sentimental memories.
Seeking his former glory and lavish lifestyle he has taken the role of a wealthy plastic surgeon.

NPCs:

A very superficial child, he decided to become a plastic surgeon.
And while his photography came from a place of selfish perversion, it was something he was highly skilled at.

Studying
Wealthy background.

Sire suspected of Sabbat involvement. Sadistic selfish vain creature.

Less than 25 years vamp exp

Sensation Junkie (2) (B): You're addicted to sensation, and will do anything to find new means of stimulation. You must roll Willpower to resist taking the opportunity to try a new kick, difficulty depending on the situation.

Ulterior Motive (2) (K:UH): You have more reason to be with your comrades than your like for them or for their common goals. Whether this motive is sinister or not, it's a secret for whatever reason, and if you are suspected of this motive, things won't look too good for you.

Self-Confident (5) (most): When you declare that you are spending Willpower for an automatic success on a roll, you do not lose the Willpower unless you fail the roll, due to the strength of your self-confidence. This only comes into effect regarding rolls at difficulty 6 or higher.

Ability Aptitude (1) (most, M3): Pick a single skill, talent, or knowledge: you're a whiz at whatver this is. -2 to difficulties relating to this ability.

True Love (1) (most): You've found that One who makes your life complete. Automatic Willpower success when striving to protect, come closer, or remain close to your True Love. Other benefits as well, Storyteller's discretion.

Otherworldly Taint (2) (S): You have a physical peculiarity (odd hair/eye color, glowing eyes, etc.) and/or just an odd aura about you which may make you stick out. Someone who suspects you're not "normal" may make a Perception + Awareness roll, difficulty 7, to determine what you are. Note this isn't a Taint of Corruption, just an indication that you are not quite normal.

Enemy (1-5) (most): Somebody's out to hurt you or your reputation, or even kill you (or people close to you). A 1-point enemy is less than or comparable to your own ability, a 5-point enemy could easily kick your ass into next Tuesday.

Probationary Member (3) (M3): You're not on the greatest terms with the group (tradition, clan, tribe, etc.) you belong to and are highly suspect of various naughtiness. You may not be privy to the normal priveleges of being part of your group, nor will you necessarily receive aid when you ought to, etc.

Light Sleeper (1) (S): You can function on very little sleep, and so are less likely to suffer penalties for losing sleep. You are also more likely to awaken quickly, and so may gain bonuses to Wits rolls when something may wake you up. The Vampire version (a 2 point Merit) allows you to be able to wake up more easily from Slumber and be awake during the day, regardless of Humanity score.

Merits
Eat Food (1 pt. Merit).
Light sleeper (2 pt. Merit).
Ability Aptitude (1)

Flaws

Probationary Member (3)
Ulterior Motive (2)
Sensation Junkie (2)

Probationary member defecting from the Sabbat

17
Discipline 7
Ability 2 (med)
Attribute 5
Virtue 2
Background 1

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Hider

Name: Ryder Shaw

Gender: Male

Age: 19

Appearance: Pretty much exactly as image. Dragon tattoo and all. Maybe, just maybe a cleaner shirt.

Personality: Head strong and stubborn. Can be considered abrasive and rude but deep down he is deeply caring and protective. Although he only shows this with a tough love approach.
He is confident and often altruistic in his actions. However his low self worth causes him to act recklessly often with little regard to his own safety.

Background: His mother passed away when he was just a young child. He still remembers the days of seeing her bed stricken with a terminal illness. His father was a respectable hard working guy, doing the best he could with what he had in an unfair world. After his mother's death Ryder's fathers life slowly spiralled out of control from the loss. He became an abusive alcoholic who could hardly provide for his son. Who hardly tried. Ryder suddenly had to grow up fast and became bitter and hard.

Abilities:
Perseverance:

Never give up, never back down. Ryder pushes on despite all odds not knowing when to quite. When his sights are set on something he becomes a true force to be reckoned with. This lets him carry on where others would fall but due to the likely hood of overdoing it this can also be considered a flaw.

Brawling:

His rough street lifestyle and poor upbringing have taught him to be a fighter. While not extremely technical, experience has taught him how to take, dodge and deliver a punch.

Relic:
A necklace locket that has an early picture of his family inside. Happier simpler times. It has long since been fused shut. To keep it safe it is often tied around his wrist and tucked securely into his glove.

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Character sheet:
Name: Ryder Thorn

Alias:

Physical form:

Everyday showman

Combat ready

Astral form:

Majestic manticore

Main objective: To protect everyone.

Coven Function:
Town lookout.

Because of his fathers old position Ryder has become a link between the guards and the coven. This also enables him to keep the coven up to date with the latest rumours and happenings nearby.

Song & Trade

Ryder's helpful nature and desire to see people smile means he will often offer a song to lift spirits or simply run errands for others. His gift of the gab makes him an accomplished trader.

Place of power: Graves, anywhere the dead reside.
Medium: Family crypt below his house. (Though it's actually the bones of his family but he dare not move them.)
Emotion of power: Pride
Catalyst: Family Crest
Material component: Blood.

Backstory: Ryder is a polite and charming young man. He has a quick wit, sharp tongue and many sweet words amongst them. He has an interest in near all expressions of art but is most fond of the theatre and music. Second to only that is his wonder of technology and the possible future. Strangely door knocks make him suspiciously nervous and he refuses to ever be without some sort of weapon. He has a very helpful nature. He favours the crossbow and knives.

The story

Ryder was born into a wealthy proud family and lived in a grand house. His father a reputable guards captain from a long line of nobles and his mother a care free spirit, a famed and heavily sought after travelling vocalist. It was said that she had the voice of an angel and he had the courage of a lion. The duo were a perfect match for each other. Truly inseparable.
Shortly after meeting he lay down his sword for her and she gave up her nomadic lifestyle for him. They raised Ryder well and had as much love for him as each other.

Their love story is one for another day, all you need to know is that like most great stories, it ended with tragedy. The noble captains past eventually caught up with him. For no matter how righteous his intent and actions were, there was somebody who found ill of them and would never forget what he had done.
It was a cold vengeance that was taken out on young Ryder's family. So many years late. For so long had their enemy carried such a heavy hatred around in their heart. That kind of weight changes a man.

Ryder's father was now but an old man. He fought his best and bravest to the very end as intruders forced their way into the house. Ryder will never forget that moment. The casual steady knock on the door. All was normal and sound as another warm evening came to an end. As his mother opened the door Ryder, as he often did, was admiring the polished steel of his family crest given to him by his father. His fingers were delicately tracing the feathered lines of the lions wings when he felt a sudden warm splatter hit him across the face. The shining steal in his hands became spoiled with tainted spots of red. Then the screaming began and soon after an ensuing shouting and chaos erupted in his quiet friendly home. The rest still haunts him in his nightmares. Having watched his father die right before his very eyes. Narrowly avoiding the same fate with his mother. The moment right before it could happen, as she held him with trembling blood soaked hands, sobbing heavily while gathering just one simple breath. Her last soft sweet whisper, a gentle and calm, honey soaked voice as she said goodbye and used a magic Ryder had never seen before.
A young helpless scared child teleported halfway across the country. Those are the nightmares that still haunt him to this day.

It was to Ryder's uncles place, on his mother's side, as to where he was teleported. A small shack in a busy market city nearby. His uncle, a clever if not somewhat lazy Mage
raised and tutored the boy the best he could until Ryder was old enough to be sent to the Covern. The two had only travelled back to Ryder's house once over all those years and that was only to respectfully rest and bury the departed.
It was safe to say that after going through that, Ryder thought he would never go back. And that he would never want to. But as a final parting gift Ryder's uncle taugh him to face and turn those negative feelings around into a positive and useful energy.

The house was larger than Ryder had remembered. The estate had barely been touched since the day he last left except for maybe by the odd vagrant or rat. It had a lot of work to be done on it. Withering with time and settling with dust and decay. In truth the only reason it had not been sold off was because his family name still held some sway amongst certain important people. But as with time, grief and pity too soon pass, leaving Ryder to make his own way. With his little magic learned, and people skills developed, he managed to join the Coven and that is where he is now.

Spells:
Discharge:

A simple targeted discharge of stored or drawn forth chaotic energies. Primal and raw this unnatural, unrestrained force hits with some impact.

Enhance:

By delicately infusing his body with the raw powers of chaos magic he can temporarily defy the natural laws and limitations of his physicality, going beyond normal mundane capabilities.

Chaos weave :

Beneath the perceived existence, beneath refined reality, raw chaos runs free and wild. There are unpredictable streams and weaves running all over the place just beyond our comprehension connecting places, people and events to history. With this magic he can utilise these streams to teleport himself or another. The trip is often disorientating and hard to control.

Color:

skills

Physical
Fortitude: [12]
Toughness: [11] +2
Awareness: [15] +2
Reflex : [15] +2
Fight: [17] +9
Dodge: [17] +2
Parry: [13]
Athletics : [15] +1

Social
Interaction: [15] +1
Performance : [12]

-Singing

Mental
Willpower: [12]
Knowledge: [6]
Research Languages: [9]
Science: [9]
Technology: [15] +1

Skills
Perform Profession: [12]
Vehicles: [7]
Wilderness: [6]

Equipment

Equipment
Combat

Heavy Crossbow
Light repeating crossbow
Concealed throwing knife x2
Hunting knife
Push dagger
Medium armour

General

Collapsable spy glass
Water-skin
Notepad and pen

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VALLEN

21 | Male | 225lbs | 6'2"
Whistle | Level | Strength

Description
Vallen is a morally righteous good law abiding and serving citizen. As a bounty hunter he lives by his values and virtues. He can be a bit uptight at times. He has travelled far chasing a wanted criminal all the way to the chasm. No one escapes justice.

Personality
Quiet, calm,

Bio
With no interest ever in becoming a delver, Vallen had taken a path ensuring law and order were met. Wanting to bring criminals to justice he became a bounty hunter. His true purpose was to one day find his fathers killer.
It was when he came across a case that matched the details of his fathers disappearance that he followed the criminal all the way to Orth. Believing him to have escaped into the chasm, Vallen quickly trained to become a delver.

Facts Sheet

• His fathers body was never found at the site of the explosion.

Extra
I do like theme songs ;)

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Name: Ryder
Race: Horned human? (he doesn't know.)
Sex: Male
Appearance: As image. In his late teens.
Backstory:
Abandoned on a doorstep as a baby, Ryder does not know much of his true heritage. He has had an affinity for magic and monsters for as long as he can remember. He is not sure if his horns are part of his biology or simply a side effect of his magic. Either way they have always caused him to be treated different. Of all the races he could be he is neither one nor the other. Despite his adopted parents trying their best to look after an unexpected child, the world remained cruel to Ryder.
Motivation? Well that's easy. He has a deep seeded desire to obtain knowledge and will do what ever it takes, use what ever he can, step over who ever he has to, to find and uncover the secrets of magic.
Personality: Quiet, calculative, serious, short tempered, arrogant and selfish.
Skills: While physically capable, he is nothing extraordinary. He fights with calculated technique and every deceptive advantage possible. Knowledge is power. He has a good grasp off written history and knows many languages.
Abilities:
Lvl 2

Lvl 1

• Beasts within(spell)
  
  _{Ryder believes that everyone has a darkness within them and this spell brings it out, making a monster out of a man. It works on creatures too. Bolstering their physical abilities to their peak while diminishing their ability to reason and think.}
• Commune with the wild(ability)
  
  _{As in the name, this ability allows Ryder to understand and give simple directions to a wild animals on the level as though it were a pet. At this point it's just a basic primal understanding of one another.}
• Copy cat(spell)
  
  _{By touching, being struck by, or generally becoming familiar with a creatures unique physicality/ability Ryder can replicate it to a degree. This is a high drain on his mana as he is forcing his body to do or be something different.}
• Efficient healer (passive)
  
  _{Never look a gift horse in the mouth. Ryder doesn't know why but his blood heals up all small scrapes and bruises pretty darn quickly. He has also learnt it can help heal others too.}
• Summon Familiar:(spell)
  _{By far his most favourite and used spell. It kept him company when no one else would. To create a small creature out of nothingness and share a unique and powerful connection with it.}

Inventory: Growing up in a life of poverty, Ryder has never really had much except for his magic and a thirst for knowledge. Right now he is carrying around nothing more than his simple clothes, a mostly empty coin pouch and an old rusted pocket knife that was used to pin a letter to the door he was left at.
Theme song:
Misc:

**Optional**
Relationship sheet:

Sci-fi thieves RP?

Don't worry I'm working on making the OOC today

@Spriggs27

Let us know if you need a hand with anything else.
What are you thinking Cha-sheet wise?

Sci-fi thieves RP?

See when it comes to ship based RP I'm really a 'floor plan' kinda guy. I like to know where my bunk is in relation to everything else. Room sizes/layout ammenities. Ect.

Possibilities

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Could just be me though.

As for the name I think it needs a lil something extra,
Like...

The Rusty Wyvern

Fallout! (Sandbox)

So with the excitement of Fallout 76, until the BETA is released, I wanna have a go at 'leaving the vault'.

I was thinking we use standard SPECIAL for stats.
There could be multiple vaults depending on the number of players.
Each vault offers a unique 'perk' or 'bonus'.
GM gives out lvl's and players decide on their own bonus.

There will be factions and monsters, raiders and trading. Base building. All sorts.

Open to suggestions and ideas!

Ascension: Monster Farm

Hi @Rai :)
So what's going on here? Do I make a character or a mobster or?

A Tale of Three Moons

Im not sure if I'm happy with this concept yet..

My Hider

Name: Ryder
Race: Horned human? (he doesn't know.)
Sex: Male
Appearance: As image. In his late teens.
Backstory:
Abandoned on a doorstep as a baby, Ryder does not know much of his true heritage. He has had an affinity for magic and monsters for as long as he can remember. He is not sure if his horns are part of his biology or simply a side effect of his magic. Either way they have always caused him to be treated different. Of all the races he could be he is neither one nor the other. Despite his adopted parents trying their best to look after an unexpected child, the world remained cruel to Ryder.
Motivation? Well that's easy. He has a deep seeded desire to obtain knowledge and will do what ever it takes, use what ever he can, step over who ever he has to, to find and uncover the secrets of magic.
Personality: Quiet, calculative, serious, short tempered, arrogant and selfish.
Skills: While physically capable, he is nothing extraordinary. He fights with calculated technique and every deceptive advantage possible. Knowledge is power. He has a good grasp off written history and knows many languages.
Abilities:
Lvl 2

Lvl 1

• Beasts within (spell)
  
  _{Ryder believes that everyone has a darkness within them and this spell brings it out, making a monster out of a man. It works on creatures too. Bolstering their physical abilities to their peak while diminishing their ability to reason and think.}
• Commune with the wild(ability)
  
  _{As in the name, this ability allows Ryder to understand and give simple directions to a wild animals on the level as though it were a pet. At this point it's just a basic primal understanding of one another.}
• Copy cat (spell)
  
  _{By touching, being struck by, or generally becoming familiar with a creatures unique physicality/ability Ryder can replicate it to a degree. This is a high drain on his mana as he is forcing his body to do or be something different.}
• Efficient healer (passive)
  
  _{Never look a gift horse in the mouth. Ryder doesn't know why but his blood heals up all small scrapes and bruises pretty darn quickly. He has also learnt it can help heal others too.}
• Summon Familiar: (spell)
  _{By far his most favourite and used spell. It kept him company when no one else would. To create a small creature out of nothingness and share a unique and powerful connection with it.}

Inventory: Growing up in a life of poverty, Ryder has never really had much except for his magic and a thirst for knowledge. Right now he is carrying around nothing more than his simple clothes, a mostly empty coin pouch and an old rusted pocket knife that was used to pin a letter to the door he was left at.
Theme song:
Misc:

**Optional**
Relationship sheet: